Lee Memorial Approximately 25 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1988. A Early C19 Monument.
Lee Memorial Approximately 25 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- empty-gutter-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SJ 433 349
- Coordinates
- 52.9089, -2.8431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lee memorial, located approximately 25 meters northeast of the chancel of the Church of St. Michael, is a chest tomb dating from around 1820. It is made of sandstone and features a rectangular shape with a moulded plinth and plain capping. The tomb is topped with a pedimented ledger that has an urn finial, with the underside fluted. It includes corner pilasters that are fluted and has moulded inscription panels. The south panel commemorates Joseph Lee, who died in 1824, and his wife, Mary, who died in 1820. The north panel is in memory of their daughter, Mary, who died in 1835.
Local climate
Lee Memorial Approximately 25 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St Michael receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- 4 Lea Monument in the Churchyard, 0.5 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St John Baptist
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